repiv posted:

speaking of which, GN still haven't done anything with their fancy fan tester either

hobbesmaster posted:

They needed a new building because tech Jesus rented a new space, got fancy new equipment and ripped Linus a new one for being an idiot about backpack warranties.


This may not be true but it sure feels right

Phone posted:

It’s fun OP

kliras posted:

why is he posting through it on the official forums. i mean, i get why it's not surprising, but surely luke is somewhere pulling his hair out

Romes128 posted:

content is ok when the smart people are on camera.

unfortunately that's not the case in most ltt videos.

njsykora posted:

JayzTwoCentz has posted a comment on the video in support of Steve, be very funny if the "Techtuber" world hard splits in two over this. Maybe we get a Broadway dance fight between Steve, Aussie Steve and Jay vs Linus, Paul Hardware and someone else I only know 5 channels. Hardware Canucks maybe.

Kazinsal posted:

Wendell would be on Team Steve as well, which means we need to find the opposite of Wendell for Team Linus.

Maybe some YouTuber who still uses hacked together pirated versions of Windows 7 and has to reformat weekly to clear out the malware because he still refuses to upgrade.

Tuxedo Gin posted:

My favorite part of the video is where at ~3:30, Steve points out that when you try to go from a "just entertainment" channel to a data driven 'real' tech channel, you need to actually do poo poo properly.

Linus has made millions being a clown, and has cornered the tech clown market. Why the gently caress does he want to be a serious tech analysis place? Nobody goes to his videos for that. He really is just a little Elon.

Mooktastical posted:

Linus basically tried that to defend the myriad of methodological fuckups Steve pointed out as basically, 'we're still new at this, it's ~growing pains~'.

SourKraut posted:

I keep coming back to thinking that maybe Linus sees himself as basically Tech Bro Steve Jobs, in which case, does hiring a CEO to replace him make this his John Sculley moment?

Tuxedo Gin posted:

The fact that he lied about having already come to an agreement with Billet is pretty egregious. He knows GN was in contact with Billet. How did he think he was going to get away with that lie?

priznat posted:

“Good news! It’s not just sitting on a shelf somewhere! It is being reverse engineered by your competitors!”

Charles Leclerc posted:

lol BitWit has a Floatplane channel

Grapplejack posted:

whatis posted:

if my bank fucks up i don't call their number to ask how they're doing and let them know ill be there for them if they need me.

Icept posted:

Funniest move would have been for GN to reach out for comment from LMG, but done from some incognito identity like when they review pre-built PCs from Walmart.

njsykora posted:

Make it one of those fans you see in Japanese slapstick comedy.

gradenko_2000 posted:

used to be a writer (senior leadership?) for Anandtech, but has struck out on his own. His YouTube channel is TechTechPotato

Cantide posted:

Yes, also i'm not saying she doesn't need or deserve help. Obviously she doesn't seem ok as she makes entirely clear in her own statements. Still right now I would not believe either side without corroborating witnesses/evidence.

Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:

Hey, go gently caress yourself

Cynic Jester posted:

Ahead of his time.

Vic posted:

lol they hosed over Billet Labs again with the apology video



Those 2000 pounds they wanted to keep private.

Yo! Better work on that apology video production pipeline folks!

gradenko_2000 posted:

jfc i just remembered having an employee edit a video of him walking around his house butt rear end naked

Lister posted:

Madison's story is the kind of bombshell information that can be discovered by interviewing current or former employees. If GN had reached out to her for her story, even anonymously, it would have been so much more affective than pulling quotes out of context. That's the kind of investigation I wish they'd done. Maybe they'll talk to a lot of people for a follow up video, but I worry that unless it's put in a video by a major channel that it's going to be unseen by the larger youtube audience.

Sudden Loud Noise posted:

How do so many managers need to have the following explained to them: If you have the power to fire people, DO NOT JOKE ABOUT FIRING THEM. Jesus Christ the bar is so low.

Klyith posted:

It's a twitter / elon musk joke, not a joke about firing people.

power crystals posted:

This is the man who had his own staff help him move house rather than hire actual movers.

power crystals posted:

Wasn't that from a channel superfun thing, not a part of the move? That whole channel is (was?) its own kind of weird but I thought that happened as an after the fact thing where they were just trying to gently caress with Linus and didn't pay attention to what they were doing, rather than a direct consequence of him being cheap about moving.

grack posted:

Just hire someone to follow Linus around all day and give him a smack every time he tries to type something.

I'm sure there'll be no shortage of candidates

Branch Nvidian posted:

Pay me $60k a year to hit Linus with a newspaper every time he starts to open his mouth.

K8.0 posted:

Yes, obviously everyone who is not cut out to be a CEO is an awful person who is terrible to be around and has no redeeming qualities. Slick CEOs are well noted as being the best spouses.

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There are some seriously funny posts in this and the GPU thread over the past few days. Linus is a dink but just LOL if you think you wouldn't be at least 90% as bad if you stumbled into as much success as he has.

Klyith posted:

totally could have been real during the peak funny-money period we were just in

probably wasn't a real $100 million cash or like-cash payment straight up. if it was he'd have been incredibly stupid not to have taken it. if it was at all real I'd guess the $100 million was just the headline / acquisition value and Linus would only have gotten that payout if LMG turned into Disney or some poo poo.